HP Enterprise

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE), commonly known as HPE, is a global information technology company headquartered in Spring, Texas. It was founded on November 1, 2015, as part of the split of the original Hewlett-Packard company, though its roots trace back to Hewlett-Packard's 1939 founding. HPE is a publicly traded company on the NYSE under the ticker symbol HPE and is a component of the S&P 500 index. As of 2025, HPE reported approximately 67,000 employees and an annual revenue of US$34.3 billion. Its market capitalization is around $64 billion.

HPE focuses on providing "edge-to-cloud" solutions, products, and services to enterprises globally. Its core offerings include compute servers (such as HPE ProLiant, HPE Synergy, and HPE Cray EX/XD), storage arrays (like HPE Alletra Storage), networking equipment under HPE Aruba Networking, high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, and various software platforms for AI and hybrid cloud environments (including HPE GreenLake). The company also offers consulting and financial services.

Based on tracked litigation data, HPE operates as a defending company in patent disputes. The company has been named as a defendant in one tracked case and has no recorded appearances as a plaintiff. This posture is typical for an operating company that provides products and services and is subject to patent infringement claims.

HPE's sole tracked patent litigation case, Velocity Communication Technologies, LLC v. HP Enterprise, is located in the Eastern District of Texas. This venue is often favored by plaintiffs in patent assertion cases. The nature of the lawsuit, with HPE as the defendant against a potentially non-practicing entity, aligns with the company's status as a major technology provider that manufactures and sells a broad range of IT infrastructure solutions.